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Live Blog: FINAL — Indiana basketball 77, Minnesota 47

6I5A5606by: Drew Rosenberg03/04/26drew_rosenberg2

Indiana Basketball is back in action in Bloomington where they will host Minnesota on Senior Night.

The Hoosiers are looking to snap a four game losing streak with the most recent coming against Michigan State. They have dropped to 17-12 (8-10) on the season as their NCAA tournament chances are dwindling.

Minnesota is coming off of a home win over UCLA and have won three of their last four games to improve to 14-15 (7-11) on the season. Head coach Niko Medved his in his first year with the Gophers.

Indiana Basketball is a 6.5-point favorite against Minnesota with an over/under of 135.5 points per BetMGM.

Tip is set for 6:30 PM ET on Big Ten Network with Cory Provus (PxP) and LaPhonso Ellis (Analyst) on the call.

Scouting Notes: Minnesota

Below is a full live blog with updated coverage throughout the game.

Pregame Notes

03/04/2026 02:01:18 PM

Media Timeout 14:15: Indiana Basketball 14, Minnesota 6

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Minnesota wins the tip and scores the first bucket of the game on a layup.

Sam Alexis draws a foul and goes 1-2 at the line for the Hoosiers’ first point.

Lamar Wilkerson knocks down an early three after a Hoosier stop off an Enright assist.

After a Minnesota bucket, Enright finds Alexis on a cut for an easy dunk.

Nick Dorn buries a three on his first attempt off an extra pass from Wilkerson.

After Tucker DeVries blocked a shot on the defensive end, he finds Sam Alexis for a layup on the offensive end.

Wilkerson buries another three off an Enright assist in transition.

Minnesota Timeout 12:22: Indiana Basketball 18, Minnesota 6

03/04/2026 05:45:45 PM

Sam Alexis uses a nice spin move to get a layup against the zone.

After another stop, Wilkerson finds Alexis for the alley-oop and the Gophers call timeout with the Hoosiers on a 14-2 run.

Media Timeout 6:04: Indiana Basketball 26, Minnesota 22

03/04/2026 05:57:48 PM

Tayton Conerway gets a steal out of the timeout and on the other end Nick Dorn cleans up a Wilkerson miss with a put back layup.

Cade Tyson ends the Hoosiers’ run with an and one layup.

A couple of Hoosiers turnovers paired with a Tyson three has Minnesota clawing back.

Conerway gets a layup off a DeVries feed, but Minnesota answers with a three.

Tyson gets another and one bucket, this time on Sam Alexis to cut the deficit to three.

Alexis answers with another layup and then follows it up with a tip in. He has 13 points already.

Tyson hits his second three and he now has 14 points.

Media Timeout 3:30: Indiana Basketball 33, Minnesota 24

03/04/2026 06:04:03 PM

Out of the timeout Sam Alexis gets another bucket, this time punishing a switch down low with a dunk.

Enright draws an offensive foul on one end and Nick Dorn buries a three on the other off a Trent Sisley reversal.

Sam Alexis gets another dunk against the zone this time off a DeVries feed. Alexis now has 17 and DeVries has four assists.

Final 3:30 of 1st half

03/04/2026 06:04:58 PM

After a Minnesota bucket, Reed Bailey uses his size to take advantage at the rim for a lay up.

After a Cade Tyson floater, Lamar Wilkerson answers with a step back three.

Tucker DeVries follows it up with a step back three of his own to give Indiana a 13 point lead.

Darian DeVries calls timeout with 38 seconds left in the half.

After a Hoosier stop, Reed Bailey finds a cutting DeVries for a dunk to conclude an 8-0 run to end the half.

HALFTIME: Indiana Basketball 43, Minnesota 28

03/04/2026 06:12:52 PM

Halftime Stats

Media Timeout 14:42: Indiana Basketball 52, Minnesota 34

03/04/2026 06:35:52 PM

Tucker DeVries scores the first bucket of the second half with a baseline fadeaway.

Tyson responds with his third three of the game.

Conor Enright draws another charge, this time on Tyson. It’s Tyson’s 2nd foul.

Enright gets his first points of the game on the other end with a layup.

Lamar Wilkerson knocks down his fourth three of the game off Enright’s 5th assist.

After a Minnesota bucket, Indiana wastes no time as DeVries finds Alexis for an alley-oop.

Media Timeout 11:36: Indiana Basketball 55, Minnesota 40

03/04/2026 06:44:52 PM

Enright finds Wilkerson who uses his screen to get to the rim for a layup.

After a Gopher bucket, Sam Alexis gets to the rim again and draws a foul, going 1-2 at the line.

Lamar Wilkerson picks up his 3rd foul after pushing off on his defender.

Minnesota Timeout 10:20: Indiana Basketball 59, Minnesota 40

03/04/2026 06:50:24 PM

Out of the timeout, Reed Bailey takes his former Davidson teammate Bobby Durkin to the rim and gets the layup to go.

Enright converts a layup after another stop and Minnesota calls timeout with the IU lead up to 19.

Media Timeout 7:33: Indiana Basketball 65, Minnesota 40

03/04/2026 06:57:32 PM

After another Indiana stop, Conor Enright finds Nick Dorn for his third three of the game.

Hoosiers defense continues to dominate as Minnesota has gone over 5 minutes without a bucket.

Tucker DeVries buries a three off of Enright’s 8th assist.

Media Timeout 3:48: Indiana Basketball 72, Minnesota 45

03/04/2026 07:07:48 PM

Lamar Wilkerson adds another bucket out of the timeout to extend Indiana’s run to 12-0.

Jasai Miles finishes a nice layup off the glass for his first bucket.

Hoosiers defense continues to dominate as Minnesota has gone over 8 minutes without a made field goal.

Durkin ends the drought with a three, but Trent Sisley answers with a put back layup on the other end.

Final 3:48

03/04/2026 07:08:20 PM

Tucker DeVries knocks down his third three of the game as the Hoosiers’ lead is up to 30.

FINAL: Indiana Basketball 77, Minnesota 47

03/04/2026 07:13:42 PM

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